enforcIve

[Eng. enforc(c); -ive.) Enforcing or tending to enforce; constraining, compulsive. "A sucking hinde calfe tru ed in her enforcive seres." Chapman: Homer's Iliad , viii. ěn-förç'-Ive-ly, adv . [Eng.enforcive; -ly.] By or under compulsion or constraint; without choice or free will. en-for-ěst, *en-for-rest, v . t . [Pref. en, and Eng. forest (q. v.).] To convert or turn into forest. *en-form' (1), *en-forme (1), *en-four me, v. t. [INFORM.] *en-form (2), *en-forme (2), v. t . [Fr.enformer: O. Sp. enformer: Sp. in for mar; Ital. in form are.] To form, to fashion, to frame. *en-fört', v . t. [Pref. en, and Eng. fort (q. v.).] To surround or guard with a fort. *en-for-tune, v . t . [Pref. en, and Eng. fortune (q. v.).] To endow with a fortune. *en-foul-dered, en-foul-dred, a. [Pref. en; O. Fr. fouldroyer =to cast or dart thunderbolts, to strike, burn, or blast with lightning (Cotgrave); fouldre lightning.] Full of, or charged with, lightning. ěn-frā me, v. t. (q. v.).] To inclose. *en-franch', v. t. [ENFRANCHISE.] To set free from slavery. [Pref. en, and Eng. frame